LUW News

January 2019

In the final quarter of 2018, volunteers from Winston & Strawn’s New York finance and real estate practice groups worked to close a financing transaction on behalf of pro bono client Lifting Up Westchester.

November 2018

Lifting Up Westchester Awarded $5,000 Grant From M&T Bank

PRESS RELEASE: Lifting Up Westchester was recently awarded a $5,000 grant from M&T Bank to support its Brighter Futures After-School Mentoring Program. . . . "We believe supporting Lifting Up Westchester is a great way to help our neighbors, and the Brighter Futures Mentoring Program will benefit local students who need some extra help. As a community-focused bank, M&T’s long-term success is tied to the success of the communities we serve,” said Paula Saraiva, Vice President for Business Bank at M&T Bank in Westchester County.

PRESS RELEASE: Lifting Up Westchester, a nonprofit agency committed to giving individuals in need a second chance by helping them to achieve self-sufficiency, announces their second annual high school student essay contest, “Why Second Chances are Important.” Open to all Westchester students in the 7th to 12th grades, students are invited to reflect on what it really means to give someone a “second chance.

October 2018

Third Time’s A Charm

Lifting Up Westchester Launches its Third Annual Holiday LIFT Campaign

PRESS RELEASE: Lifting Up Westchester (LUW), a nonprofit agency which provides homeless and poverty services to individuals throughout Westchester County, is preparing to launch its third annual Holiday LIFT campaign, with a Fall and Winter Clothing & Coat Giveaway kickoff event on November 3rd.

From food drives to decorating LUW homeless shelters, the Holiday LIFT campaign has activities for all ages and groups. There is even a special Teen Volunteer Saturday on November 10th.

Signature holiday-themed activities include: providing 2,000 holidays meals from the LUW soup kitchen on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day, filling and delivering 500 holiday food bags, distributing pies, cookies and goodie bags, wrapping and delivering hundreds of gifts to men, women and children in need and so much more.

Pace Makes A Difference Day Exceeds Expected Turnout

THE PACE CHRONICLE - CHRISTINA BUBBA - OCTOBER 13, 2018

The eleventh annual Pace Makes a Difference Day exceeded the number of volunteers from last year by over 30 students.

Pace students volunteered at a number of local organizations including: Lifting Up Westchester, Family Resource Center, Rockefeller State Park, Valhalla Ambulance Corps, Mount Pleasant Public Library, Westchester Land Trust, Audubon Marsh Sanctuary, Pace Nature Center, P4K, and Campus Cleanup. The two cancellations were from Pleasantville Garden Club and Westchester Parks Foundation.

September 2018

August 2018

WAG MAGAZINE

WARMING – AND CATCHING – UP WITH APRILMARIN

AprilMarin’s designs include a variety of wraps, shawls and more, and in this “Shawls for Shelter” program, for every shawl purchased through its website, AprilMarin will donate a shawl to Lifting Up Westchester to be given to a person in need.

July 2018

SPRAGUE BLOG

Sprague Charitable Giving BlogHighlight On: Lifting Up Westchester!

Sprague recently donated $2,500 toward the Brighter Futures Summer Day Camp as part of our corporate charitable giving program, and employees collected another $800 to donate food gift cards to the organization and supply campers with goggles.

July 2018

MARTIN LLP BLOG

Martin LLP Hosts 'friend-raiser'for Lifting Up Westchester

Martin LLP hosted a special 'friend-raiser' reception to benefit Lifting Up Westchester. The firm welcomed Anahaita Kotval (Executive Director) and Chris Schwartz (Director of Development) to their offices to discuss hunger & homelessness in the Westchester area and to outline the work their agency is doing to combat these problems.

June 2018

June 2018

FiOS1 TV Show "Restaurant Hunters" recently visited Lifting Up Westchester to learn more about we are working with local restaurants and grocery stores to provide meals to hungry and homeless residents in the County.(Video Above)

January 2018

WESTFAIR ONLINE

NONPROFITS BRACE FOR ECONOMIC IMPACT FROM TAX LAW CHANGES

Like many other nonprofit leaders in Westchester County and across the country, Sweeny is concerned about what the new tax law will mean for charities like hers.

"At this point, we have a lot of unknowns, and a lot of it is going to have to be wait and see what happens," Sweeny said.

November 2017

FiOs1 NEWS

January 2018

HUDSON VALLEY NEWS

TFA DONATES $2K TO LIFTING UP WESTCHESTER

In the spirit of holiday giving and in recognition of its clients in and around Westchester County, Tompkins Financial Advisors (TFA) has donated $2,000 to Lifting Up Westchester, a social services nonprofit that provides food, shelter and support to Westchester County’s men, women and children in need.